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This cheesy chicken recipe has been a family favorite of ours for years. Topped with cashews for a little crunch!
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Note: This Wilkes family favorited deserved a face lift. It was originally posted on Nov.17, 2009
Today’s recipe is one I got years ago from Julie, a friend from church.
She and I were taking dinner into another friend who had just had a baby.
Julie fixed Cheesy Chicken because it was our friends favorite dish.
I made the salad and dessert. I was also in charge of delivering the dinner.
Now for one of my finer moments….
I pulled into the new mom’s driveway, parked and got out of the car to get the food from the other side of the car where I had put it. I opened the car door. During the trip over the food had shifted and the casserole dish full of wonderful, hot, bubbly and cheesy chicken came crashing out of the car onto the cement driveway!
I couldn’t believe it! I had to go to the door and tell this family that their dinner was now dripping down their driveway! I was so embarrassed!!
They were of course very understanding, and the husband got out the hose and washed their dinner down the drain!!
I went off to the grocery store to pick up some fried chicken!
Despite that horrible experience, Cheesy Chicken has become one of our family favorites and is a dish I often take when I am asked to take dinner to someone. I ALWAYS check before I open the car door now though!!!
Do you have a favorite dish you always take when you are asked to take dinner into someone? I’d love for you to leave the recipe in the comment section so we can all see! I need a few new ideas!
Our favorite side dish to serve Cheesy Chicken with is rice pilaf. I love to use this pan to cook my Cheesy Chicken in.
So here’s our favorite – Cheesy Chicken!
Cheesy Chicken
Ingredients
- 8 boneless skinless chicken breasts
Sauce:
- 14 oz can cream of chicken soup 1 can
- 14 oz can cream of mushroom soup 1 can
- 1/3 can beef broth
- 1/3 C Parmesan cheese
- 1/4 tsp garlic powder
- 1/2 tsp poultry seasoning
- 1/4 tsp pepper
- 1 Tbsp parsley flakes
- 1/3 cube/stick of butter melted
- 2 oz. whole cashews
- 1 lb. grated Monterey Jack cheese
Instructions
- Mix sauce ingredients together
- Melt butter in 9 x 13 dish. I used my heavy roasting pan
- Lay chicken over butter
- Cover with 3/4 of sauce
- Bake 1 hour at 325.
- Add rest of sauce and cashews
- Top with cheese
- Turn oven off
- Leave in oven for 5 more minutes
Nutrition Facts:
Gloria says
I love your story and the others mishaps as well.
This recipe really sounds good, I will try it Sunday for dinner.
I really like the recipes I find that have a picture included. Are you going to do that? It would help.
Leigh Anne says
Gloria, I hope you enjoy the recipe as much as we do! The picture should print with the recipe, somehow it got turned off but I just turned it back on so it should be working now.
Paula says
I’m making this for lunch (we’ll eat also your rice pilaf. I hope I don’t burn vermicelli, that scares me!!!
It looks delicious! Here I have never founded Monterey, so I’ll use vintage cheddar, let’s see what happen!
I hope my boyf, who hates mushrooms, won’t discover I used cream of mushroome, as I have use less than you said, and substitute for more cream of chichen 😛
Have a nice Sunday!!
Becki says
This sounds delicious and I love your story. It reminds me of a time that I was going to a potluck with my mom when I was little and I was supposed to be holding the crockpot steady and I got distracted and it tipped over. Think that was the only time in my life I heard my mom curse:-). My favorite standby is Swiss chicken casserole with chicken breast, cream of chicken soup, swiss cheese and stuffing. It isn’t very healthy but its sooo good. This recipe kind of reminds me of that – we need those recipes every once in a while!
Leigh Anne says
Becki, Love your story! I remember once going to a church potluck and putting my foot into the dish my mom made as we got out of the car!!! Your standby sounds delicious!!
Char says
Made your Thai coconut chicken soup and my family loved it. It is now one of our favorites.
You need to put out a cookbook!! I will be making this cheesy chicken in the next few days.
Leigh Anne says
So glad your family enjoyed it!!
Leslie Owen says
Sweet friend Leigh Anne ~ When I heard your cheesy chicken was all over my driveway I was ready to go out there with a fork and eat it off the concrete! We have enjoyed your yummy dish many times over the years and thought of your kind efforts with a good laugh each time. That boy is a senior now – can you believe it’s been that long?! Thanks for sharing your kitchen delights. Pinned many, made most, every one a winner! We’re havin’ cheesy chicken for dinner tonight! xoxo
Leigh Anne says
Leslie – how fun! I never make cheesy chicken without thinking of you and my humiliation that day!! So glad you have found memories of it too. It was fun to meet and connect with your mother recently. Hard to believe that baby is almost grown. Enjoy dinner!!